My versions of "Roland the Headless..." & "Smells
Like Teen Spirit" belong to a little-known but
venerable tradition--filks.

Nano-Velcro is coming!

Listening to: Skinny Puppy.

Poets & employment. When i saw "American
Splendor", i felt an immediate shock of
recognition--that's how poets live!
Except, they don't ever get to be on David Letterman...


Are they still giving out the Templeton Prize?

Critics. A half-hour with Google has convinced me
George Saintsbury survives today only as the
author of a book on wine. Even the NeoFormalists
don't read him, alas. May i say only that he was
one of the most learned men of a time when
having read thousands of books was a prerequisite
for writing about them...?